Adjustor folded width of packing sheet used in sharing and packing device of medicine

ABSTRACT

An adjustor folded width of packing sheet used in sharing and packing device of medicine with a plurality of supports which spread and support the paper sheet before the paper sheet passes through a folding guide and comes into a pair of heating rollers according to the present invention comprises a support insertedly installed in a mounting plate, wherein a male screw portion is formed in an end portion of the support, an attitude adjusting plate for adjusting the attitude of the support, wherein the male screw portion of the support being insertedly disposed in the attitude adjusting plate is inserted into the mounting plate from the front to the rear, an elastic member placed on the male screw portion of the support protruded from the rear surface of the mounting plate, a nut fastened to the male screw portion of the support, and adjusting bolts fastened in screw holes formed at each corner of the attitude adjusting plate so that end portions of the adjusting bolts come into contact with the mounting plate.  
     Accordingly, the adjustor folded width of packing sheet used in sharing and packing device of medicine according to the present invention allows the folding position of the packing sheet&#39;s width to be varied easily, since the attitude of one of a plurality of supports which spread and support the packing sheet can be easily varied by adjusting a plurality of adjusting bolts.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

[0001] The present invention relates to an adjustor folded width of packing sheet used in sharing and packing device of medicine, which is designed for a packing sheet, which comes into a pair of heating rollers, to be folded easily at the center of its width by varying the attitude of one of a plurality of supports that support the packing sheet in a spread state.

[0002] In general, medicine sharing and packing devices denote machines designed to pack tablets prescribed dose by dose for a patient.

[0003] So medicine sharing and packing devices according to the prior art has a structure in which tablets prescribed dose by dose are discharged to the downside through a passage provided at a drum or mounting plate by automatic control of a plurality of tablet cassettes containing various tablets, after being gathered into a hopper the tablets are discharged down under a hopper and put into a packing sheet, and the packing sheet is folded and sealed by a pair of heating rollers.

[0004] In the prior art, the packing sheet is supported by a plurality of supports, and comes into the heating rollers, the central section of its width being folded by a folding guide means in the shape of inverted triangle.

[0005] However, such a conventional medicine sharing and packing device has a disadvantage in that because the central section of the packing sheet's width is folded only if a plurality of the supports have been disposed exactly abreast, it does not have any means for correcting the problem if the central section of the packing sheet's width is not folded exactly.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

[0006] The present invention is contrived to overcome the conventional disadvantage described above. Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to provide an adjustor folded width of packing sheet used in sharing and packing device of medicine which allows the folding position of a packing sheet to be easily varied by varying the attitude of one of a plurality of supports which spread and support the packing sheet.

[0007] To achieve the above-described object, the adjustor folded width of packing sheet used in sharing and packing device of medicine with a plurality of supports which spread and support the paper sheet before the paper sheet passes through a folding guide and comes into a pair of heating rollers according to the present invention comprises a support insertedly installed in a mounting plate, wherein a male screw portion is formed in an end portion of the support, an attitude adjusting plate for adjusting the attitude of the support, wherein the male screw portion of the support being insertedly disposed in the attitude adjusting plate is inserted into the mounting plate from the front to the rear, an elastic member placed on the male screw portion of the support protruded from the rear surface of the mounting plate, a nut fastened to the male screw portion of the support, and adjusting bolts fastened in screw holes formed at each corner of the attitude adjusting plate so that end portions of the adjusting bolts come into contact with the mounting plate.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0008]FIG. 1 is a front view showing a packing section of a medicine sharing and packing device to which an adjustor folded width of packing sheet according to the present invention applies;

[0009]FIG. 2 is a partial, prospective view of an adjustor folded width of packing sheet used in sharing and packing device of medicine according to the present invention;

[0010]FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along line A-A of FIG. 2; and

[0011]FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken about line B-B of FIG. 2.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0012] With reference to the accompanying drawings, the present invention will now be described.

[0013]FIGS. 1 and 2 shows an adjustor folded width of paper sheet used in sharing and packing device of medicine according to the present invention, wherein, as described above, the sharing and packing device of medicine discharges tablets 4 collected into a hopper 3 to put them into a packing sheet 2, and seals the packing sheet 2 by means of a pair of heating rollers 1.

[0014] The packing sheet 2 is supported by a plurality of supports 6 and comes into the heating rollers 1 after the central section of its width is folded by a folding guide 5. The adjustor folded width of packing sheet used in sharing and packing device of medicine according to the present invention is installed in one of a plurality of the supports 6 that spread and support the packing sheet 2 before the packing sheet 2 passes through the folding guide 5 and comes into a pair of the heating rollers 1 after the packing sheet is unrolled from the packing sheet roll. For convenience sake, the support to which the adjustor folded width of packing sheet according to the present invention applies is numbered ‘10’ herein.

[0015] As shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, the adjustor folded width of packing sheet used in sharing and packing device of medicine according to the present invention comprises the support 10 insertedly installed in a mounting plate 11, wherein a male screw portion 10 a is formed in an end portion of the support 10, an attitude adjusting plate 12, wherein the male screw portion of the support 10 a is insertedly disposed in the attitude adjusting plate 12 and then inserted into the mounting plate 11, and have an elastic member 13 and a nut 14, and adjusting bolts 15 fastened in screw holes 12 a formed at each corner of the attitude adjusting plate 12 so that end portions of the adjusting bolts 15 come into contact with the mounting plate 11.

[0016] As a means for adjusting the attitude of the support 10, the attitude adjusting plate 12 serves to adjust the angle of support 10 installed in the mounting plate 11 accurately with a plurality of the adjusting bolts 15.

[0017] The male screw portion 10 a of the support 10 being insertedly disposed in the attitude adjusting plate 12 is inserted into the mounting plate 11 from the front to the rear. The elastic member 13 is placed on the mail screw portion 10 a of the support 10 protruded from the rear surface of the mounting plate 11, and the nut 14 is also fastened to the male screw portion 10 a.

[0018] For the adjustor folded width of packing sheet used in sharing and packing device of medicine according to the present invention, it is desirable to form screw inserting holes 12 b in the upper and lower central portions of the attitude adjusting plate 12, form another screw holes 11 a in the mounting plate 11 which are paired with the screw inserting holes 12 b, and fasten the screws 16 through the screw inserting holes 12 b and screw holes 11 a. Then, the attitude adjusting plate 12 is easily secured by the screws 16.

[0019] In another embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 3, the support 10 has bearings 10 c in both sides of the end portion of a supporting shaft 10 b and a rotating body 10 d that rotates when the packing sheet 2 travels. The male screw portion 10 a is formed on the supporting shaft 10 b. The attitude adjusting plate 12 also serves to adjust the attitude of the supporting shaft 10 b. Accordingly, the support 10 to which the adjustor folded width of packing sheet according to the present invention can be constructed in a structure similar to the supporting shaft 10 b.

[0020] In the event that the packing sheet 2 comes into a pair of the heating rollers 1 with the exact central section of its width not folded by the folding guide in the shape of inverted triangle, the attitude of the attitude adjusting plate 12 can be adjusted by turning a plurality of the adjusting bolts 15 after unfastening the screws 16, as shown in FIG. 4. Then, the attitude of the support 10 is varied according to the adjusted attitude of the attitude adjusting plate 12.

[0021] Therefore, the position in which the support 10 supports the packing sheet 2 is varied, and in the end, the position of the central section of the packing sheet to be folded by the folding guide 5 is adjusted.

[0022] Accordingly, the adjustor folded width of packing sheet used in sharing and packing device of medicine according to the present invention allows the central section of the packing sheet's width to be folded exactly, thereby enabling the edges of the packing sheet to be sealed exactly by a pair of heating rollers.

[0023] As discussed above, the adjustor folded width of packing sheet used in sharing and packing device of medicine according to the present invention allows the folding position of the packing sheet's width to be varied easily, thereby enabling the edges of the packing sheet to be sealed exactly by a pair of heating rollers, since the attitude of one of a plurality of supports which spread and support the packing sheet can be easily varied by adjusting a plurality of adjusting bolts. 

What is claimed is:
 1. An adjustor folded width of packing sheet used in sharing and packing device of medicine with a plurality of supports which spread and support the paper sheet before the paper sheet passes through a folding guide and comes into a pair of heating rollers according to the present invention comprises a support 10 insertedly installed in a mounting plate 11, wherein a male screw portion 10 a is formed in an end portion of said support 10, an attitude adjusting plate 12 for adjusting the attitude of said support 10, wherein said male screw portion 10 a of said support 10 being insertedly disposed in said attitude adjusting plate 12 is inserted into said mounting plate 11 from the front to the rear, an elastic member 13 placed on said male screw portion 10 a of said support 10 protruded from the rear surface of said mounting plate 11, a nut 14 fastened to said male screw portion 10 a of said support 10, and adjusting bolts 15 fastened in screw holes 12 a formed at each corner of said attitude adjusting plate 12 so that end portions of said adjusting bolts 11 come into contact with said mounting plate
 11. 2. An adjustor folded width of packing sheet used in sharing and packing device of medicine according to claim 1, wherein screw inserting holes 12 b are formed in the upper and lower central portions of said attitude adjusting plate 12, another screw holes 11 a are formed in said mounting plate 11 so that said screw holes 11 are paired with said screw inserting holes 12 b, and screws 16 are fastened through said inserting holes 12 b and screw holes 11 a. 